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<p>This page is the only place in the application where you can create <i>products,</i>
<i>products </i>are all outputs that the project needs to manage and trace. <i>
<a href="woDeliverables.htm">Deliverables</a></i>
and <i>Review and test activities</i> are based on <i>Products</i> and therefore
can't exist without them.</p>
<p class="TableCaption"><a name="Creating a product">Creating a product</a></p>
<p>First, please log in the application on an account with <i>
<a href="roles.htm">manage rights</a> </i>on
<i>Products and size</i> section, then we click on the <i>project </i>tab, select
the project if needed and click in the <i>Products</i> icon on the left menu<i>. </i>On
the bottom of the <i>product list</i> click on <i>Add New </i>button. On the new
page,&nbsp; please input the following fields :&nbsp;</p>
<p>- <i>Name</i>: Name of the product for example : Proposal 01-jan-03</p>
<p>- <i>Work product</i>: select the category of the product, in our example : <i>Proposal</i></p>
<p><i>- Estimated size unit</i>: the size estimation is mandatory when
creating a product, in this field, please select the unit for quantifying the
product size in our example : Microsoft Word LOT (LOT=line of text).</p>
<p>- <i>Estimated size</i>: the estimated size in the unit above mentioned.</p>
<p>The following fields are optional and should be filled after the <i>product</i>
has been built :</p>
<p>- <i>Re-estimated size</i>: if a new estimation has been made after the first
one, and that the first one is already approved, please do not update <i>Estimated
size, </i>but input in <i>Re-estimated size, </i>the unit is still <i>Estimated
size unit.</i>&nbsp;</p>
<p>- <i>Actual size unit</i>: depending on the <i>Estimated size</i> chosen, one
or more choices will be offered.</p>
<p>- <i>Actual size</i>: the real size, should be input during product review 
and updated after release,
measured in <i>Actual size unit.</i></p>
<p><i>- Reuse</i>: the reuse percentage indicate how much didn't need to be
built for this <i>product.<br>
</i>For example: If reuse is 70, it means the team only spent effort for
creating 30 % of Test cases v1.0.</p>
<p>- <i>Description</i>: free text</p>
<p>After filling the necessary fields click on <i>Ok </i>button to validate
entry.</p>
<p class="TableCaption"><a name="Deleting a product">Deleting a product</a></p>
<p>First, please log in the application, then we click on the <i>project </i>tab,
select the project if needed and click in the <i>Products</i> icon on the left
menu <i>. </i>Click on the leftmost column of the product you want to delete,
then you should see the details page of the product, if you have the <i>manage rights </i>on
<i>Products and size, </i>the <i>Delete</i> button will show on the bottom of the
page.</p>
<p>Note : Pushing button <i>Delete </i>will also delete the <i>
<a href="woDeliverables.htm">Work Order
deliverable</a> </i>based on this product if there is, as well as <i>Review and test
activities </i>for the product. If you just need to delete the <i>Work Order
deliverable, </i>please see <a href="woDeliverables.htm#Deleting a deliverable" target="_self">Deleting
a deliverable</a>.</p>

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